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Alnylam to Webcast Conference Call Discussing Second Quarter 2011 Financial Results


Published on 2011-07-25 13:10:34 - Market Wire
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, today announced that it will report financial results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2011 on Monday, August 1, 2011, after the U.S. financial markets close.

Management will provide an update on the company, discuss second quarter results, and discuss expectations for the future via conference call on August 1, 2011 at 4:30 p.m. ET. To access the call, please dial 866-277-1184 (domestic) or 617-597-5360 (international) five minutes prior to the start time and provide the passcode 27680299. A replay of the call will be available beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET on August 1, 2011. To access the replay, please dial 888-286-8010 (domestic) or 617-801-6888 (international), and provide the passcode 89562585.

A live audio webcast of the call will also be available on the aInvestorsa section of the companya™s website, [ www.alnylam.com ]. An archived webcast will be available on the Alnylam website approximately two hours after the event.

About Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

Alnylam is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics based on RNA interference, or RNAi. The company is leading the translation of RNAi as a new class of innovative medicines with a core focus on RNAi therapeutics for the treatment of genetically defined diseases, including ALN-TTR for transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis (ATTR), ALN-PCS for severe hypercholesterolemia, and ALN-HPN for refractory anemia. As part of its aAlnylam 5x15TMa strategy, the company expects to have five RNAi therapeutic products for genetically defined diseases in advanced stages of clinical development by the end of 2015. Alnylam has additional partner-based programs in clinical or development stages, including ALN-RSV01 for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, ALN-VSP for liver cancers, and ALN-HTT for Huntingtona™s disease. The companya™s leadership position on RNAi therapeutics and intellectual property have enabled it to form major alliances with leading companies including Merck, Medtronic, Novartis, Biogen Idec, Roche, Takeda, Kyowa Hakko Kirin, and Cubist. In addition, Alnylam and Isis co-founded Regulus Therapeutics, Inc., a company focused on discovery, development, and commercialization of microRNA therapeutics; Regulus has formed partnerships with GlaxoSmithkline and Sanofi. Alnylam has also formed Alnylam Biotherapeutics, a division of the company focused on the development of RNAi technologies for application in biologics manufacturing, including recombinant proteins and monoclonal antibodies. Alnylam scientists and collaborators have published their research on RNAi therapeutics in over 100 peer-reviewed papers, including many in the worlda™s top scientific journals such as Nature, Nature Medicine, Nature Biotechnology, and Cell. Founded in 2002, Alnylam maintains headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more information, please visit [ www.alnylam.com ].

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